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CD4 T-Cell Count

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 86361

Counts how many CD4 T-cells are present in a measured volume of blood. These are the immune cells that coordinate the body's defenses and the ones that HIV destroys, so the count is a direct measure of how much immune protection a person has left. It reports the CD4 cells on their own rather than alongside other immune cell types.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CD4 T-Cell Count cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$21.38 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$25.12 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $25 to $129Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $19 to $52
$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $27

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$63.10
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in South Carolina than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 20th of 51

$26.92

SC $67.61AL $15.14

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.